While this is going to be redundant in the coming weeks, I would still like to show you how to install a good old VHBL Custom Bubble on your Playstation Vita running system software 3.60.

You only need the new PS Vita HEN (HENkaku) and a(ny) PSP game for this. A computer is required as well.

A few months ago we have shown you how to install Custom Bubbles on your Playstation Vita. Some of these bubbles were created with Major_Tom’s and mr.gas’ method, while some other bubbles were created with Qwikrazor87’s method.

While the most recent firmware patched the EML hack and the PSPemulator kernel mode exploits, it did not patch being able to run the VHBL on the PS Vita. This is still possible via undisclosed exploit games or simply via a Qwikrazor VHBL Custom Bubble.

HENkaku allows us to access the PS Vita’s memory card directly, which means that we can substitute the EML hack with HENkaku to set up a usermode Custom Bubble, such as the VHBL or PSPFiler.

I have created a tutorial in the past, which utilized the EML hack to let you install an ARK Custom Bubble. We can pretty much reuse this tutorial to install a VHBL Custom Bubble on our PS Vita.

The only difference will be that we do not use the EML hack to place a specific file onto our PS Vita, but HENkaku + FTP.

Either watch the video, or simply take a look at this short summary of things you have to do to get a VHBL Custom Bubble on your PS Vita (for advanced users!).

We need a random PSP game and use CMA to copy it onto our PC. Next we create a local copy of that PSP game just in case we mess up.

Next we run HENkaku on our PS Vita and start the FTP connection. Back on the PC we use FTP to connect to the Vita & copy the PBOOT.PBP file into the specific directory of our random PSP game (for example: /ux0:/pspemu/PSP/GAME/NPEH00020/).

Then we copy our random PSP game from our PS Vita to our PC. Next we copy our random PSP game from our PC to our PS Vita (we do this twice!).

The last step is to copy the VHBL savedata file from the PC to our PS Vita. This is it, the VHBL Bubble should be fully working.

Like I said, this is only a very short summary for people that know what they have to do.

If you do not know what you have to do, check out the video or take a look at the old tutorial that I’ve written a few months ago (substitute the obsolete EML/Email part with the HENkaku FTP transfer part).

It should be pretty easy to set up this Bubble, if you know what you are doing.

In the end I would like to thank Qwikrazor for his awesome Custom Bubble trick. Not only because it is so simple, but also because his ones are the easiest Custom Bubbles so far.

If you, like I do, want to show your appreciation to Qwikrazor, why not treat him to some cold drink, or even a hot meal? Just donate him a few bucks via Paypal, he really deserves it.

Er…I’m a tad confused here. Me PS Vita has the 3.60 firmware. So, if I follow all these steps, is it actually going to be possible to run PS One ISOS or other emulators as well? Also, if I log out of me PSN account and turn off the auto-update setting, do I still got the risk of having me account banned?

Got another issue, how the heck do I put a PSP game on my Vita? They say u must be already using this emulatcalled 101 in 1 or sth like that. Watched dozens of videos and all of them come up with the same stuff. My PS Vita has nothing like that. Please help me, I’d really appreciate it

just wondering if we dont have any game save in psvita like UNO what the other possible method. I found some game in website this UNO NPEH00020 you are referring at but I have error when I tried to sync in Qcma is says that game must name in my account… hope and someone can give us shot how to install vhbl custom bubble be kind. coz most people are not intelligent. Thank you

I have HENkaku installed but when I connect my Vita to my PC using CMA, CMA says I have to update. I’ve tried OpenCMA and it still does not work. I’ve also tried QCMA and that gives me the error “could not connect to the PC”. I was wondering what I should do or if there are any other alternative ways to connecting my Vita to my PC.

I don’t understand. My PSP game (Pool Hall Pro) is renamed VHBL yes but do not have the VHBL icon. The savegame is copied at the right place like the video but when I open VHBL, it just opens a black screen then goes back to PS VIta menu. I must a forgotten a step somewhere.

Vita 3.60 I got the VHBL bubble but when you go into it the start is still listed as pool hall pro. I have copied the program to the vita twice, I have copied the pboot making sure it was there and I have copied the vhbl using qcma. When I start the program it goes to a black screen then back to the vita screen, any suggestions.

About VHBL01234 , I found new way to copy if you cannot found at PS save data via OpenCMA. 1.Launch molecularShell and connect to FTP and upload VHBL01234 to ux0:pspemu/PSP/SAVEDAT/ . 2.Copy VHBL01234 from PSVITA to PC. 3.Copy VHBL01234 from PC to PSVITA. 4.Close molecularShell and launch VHBL from Bubble.

Yes, download ARK-2 or EPSP Bubble Loader. This will help trick your ps vita to think that you have a psp game, you must install it through vitashell since molecularshell will not open vpk files for some reason. You can install vitashell 1.51 using molecularshell, only vvpk it will install, anything else gets stuck at 0%

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